Ethics Education Resources

Federal Government Resources

Responsible Conduct of Research, National Science Foundation. Resources on implementing NSF’s requirement to provide ethics training and oversight to researchers supported by NSF grants.

Grant General Conditions, National Science Foundation. Article Subject 18 of GCG (January 4, 2010) describes the responsible conduct of research requirements.

Office of Inspector General, National Science Foundation. Includes many links to conferences and studies, as well as briefings for administrators and students, and case studies (located at the bottom of the website).

Office of Research Integrity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes links to conferences on ethics.

National Academies Resources

"On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research", National Academy of Sciences. This book can be viewed online.

Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Research, National Academy of Engineering. Contains course work, scenarios, and links to a number of ethics websites from various professional research societies.

Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research, National Academy of Engineering. Published summary of workshop held in 2009. Book is available for purchase or free online.

Professional Society Resources

Ethics and Values Statements, American Physical Society. APS policy statements on-line. 

“Ethics and the Welfare of the Physics Profession”, American Physical Society. Response to a 2004 survey by the APS Task Force on Ethics Education. Full citation of article is K. Kirby, F.A. Houle, “Ethics and the Welfare of the Physics Profession,” Physics Today 57 (11) 42-49, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1839376

Workshop on Scientific Misconduct and the Role of Physics Journals in its Investigation and Prevention, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Proceedings from a 2003 workshop and online resources provided by IUPAP.

Comparing Research Ethics. A collection of various professional societies' ethics statements.

Sigma Xi: Ethics and Research. The ethics page of Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society. The “Publications” link on the left leads to several publications on research ethics that can be purchased 1999 document above can be downloaded online through a link on this page.

University Resources

Responsible Conduct in Research Instruction, Eastern Michigan University. Contains multiple ethics topics (modules) and scenarios. The course can be taken online or incorporated into an ethics class. Downloadable files are available. A certificate of completion is provided after completing each module of the online course.

Ethical Issues in Physics Informational Site, Eastern Michigan University. Contains the proceedings of two ethical workshops and other resources.

Ethics in Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. This site has listings of recent misconduct cases, science ethics resources, and selected essays on ethics in science.

Scientific Ethics: A Course in the Responsible Conduct of Research, University of California at San Diego. Links to UCSD’s scientific ethics course.

Teaching Chemical Ethics, Duke University. Article on teaching chemical ethics.

Research Ethics and Responsibilities. Course at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Professional Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research, University of Minnesota. Includes brochure.